Thou Shalt Suffer - Into the Woods of Belial (1997)

Thou Shalt Suffer was one of the many side projects of the Norwegian circle of second wave black metal bands. This project features Ihsahn, Samoth, and Ildjarn. Instead of the usual lo-fi black metal, Thou Shalt Suffer plays (or played I should say) a rather odd type of death metal, with extremely guttural vocals and effectively used keyboards. This compilation feature the original Into the Woods of Belial demo, the Open the Mysteries of Your Creation EP, and a rehearsal from 1991.

1) Into the Woods of Belial
2) I Seek the Path of Obscurity
3) Chimera Dimension
4) The Goat of a Thousand Young
5) Succumb to Vestigia Terrent
6) Painful Void of Time
7) Spectral Prophecy
8) Into the Woods of Belial
9) The Goat of a Thousand Young
10) Chimera Dimension
11) I Seek the Path of Obscurity (Burp Mix)
12) Obscurity Supreme

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Emancer - Twilight and Randomness (2008)

First of all, a late happy Thanksgiving to anyone who actually reads this. And now about the album:
Emancer's latest album sounds much like Enslaved's most recent albums. However, they still have their own style. Twilight and Randomness is definitely in one of my top albums of this year.

1) Randomness
2) Dice Man
3) The Beast Attacks
4) The Pointing Finger
5) Comfort Fix
6) Twilight
7) Cunning Vital Guardian
8) Moron
9) The Rewarding Schemes
10) Winged Omniscience

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Mayhem - Deathcrush (1987)

Here we have one my favorite and one of the greatest black metal recordings ever. Harsh, brutal, and raw, Mayhem helped to define the second wave of black metal with the infamous Deathcrush.

1) Silvester Anfang
2) Deathcrush
3) Chainsaw Gutsfuck
4) Witching Hour
5) Necrolust
6) (Weird) Manheim/Pure Fucking Armageddon

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Mistur - Skoddefjellet (2005)

You just gotta love the name of this band. So far, Mistur's only release is a demo entitled Skoddefjellet. The music on this demo sounds like a cross between Emperor and Windir. However, this is not really suprising. After all, lead guitarist Stian Bakketeig played in Windir.

1) Sumar
2) Heimferdi
3) Skoddefjellet
4) Natt ved Kyndilstjern

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Enslaved - Frost (1994)

A classic black metal album. If you don't already have it, well here it is.

1) Frost
2) Loke
3) Fenris
4) Svarte Vidder
5) Yggdrasil
6) Jotunblod
7) Gylfaginning
8) Wotan
9) Isöders Dronning

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